June 13, 2018

Lottery Cash

Oregon government's hooked on the stuff. Now, back when voters approved Oregon Lottery (which I didn't vote for because I knew the politicians were lying), they were told that approval would only allow the state to sell scratch-off tickets, nothing else, and all revenue would be earmarked "For The Children™" and for economic development. That promise didn't take long to break.

They quickly moved into video poker and Keno as well (and the video games now take $100 bills). Now they're taking it further:

And, records show, the lottery wants for the first time to open up gambling on mobile devices, which could massively expand the accessibility and audience of state-sponsored games.

This won't end well. It'll end up putting a lot more people out on the streets. Of course, that'll provide even more incentive for our Democratics to push for more tax increases and fee hikes, because "housing crisis". More like a hosing crisis.